Coleen Borrego has loved teaching for as long as she can remember, whether that meant playing school with the neighborhood children, explaining quadratic functions to her tenth grade desk partner, or working as a writing tutor. She remembers falling in love with reading in first grade and how much she loved her teacher. The two were inextricably linked in her mind, and she wanted to be just like Mrs. Westerman and become a teacher someday. These two loves led her to major in English and minor in Education at UC Davis, and then to earning her teaching credential. In time, she moved to Vacaville and taught English at Will C. Wood High School for nine years – the school she had attended in junior high! While seeking a preschool for their eldest daughter, she and her husband came upon a little flier for a Waldorf preschool. When they went to visit and the teacher talked about this education, it felt as though heaven opened and the angels sang — she had found the home of her heart. After the birth of their second daughter, she earned her Waldorf Teacher Training Certificate at Rudolf Steiner College. In due time, both daughters enrolled at Davis Waldorf School and she was ready to take up her first class. She was a class teacher at DWS from 2006 to 2021 and loved every minute of her time with the children. She is delighted to have the opportunity to continue to teach in a new way, supporting the teachers as mentor and Pedagogical Chair.
BA, English, UC Davis, Davis, CA; California State Teaching Credential, UC Davis,
Davis, CA; Waldorf Teacher Training Certificate, Rudolf Steiner College, Fair Oaks, CA
EMAIL: pedagogy@daviswaldorf.org
PHONE: (530) 753-1651
